Ty Segall - Manipulator cd (Drag City Records)

$15.99

"The Segall has landed. And it’s fully loaded, with everything that TY
SEGALL are gonna need in the world to come. Sticking his hand deeper
into the machines all around him, Ty is reaching ever further to the
outer limits of inner space orbited throughout Twins and Sleeper. And
now more than ever, the chunks of the world that came before are like
asteroids formed in his image. Still fighting the power with all the
energy that a determined mind-patriot can conjure, Ty’s a fighter who
loves, a surfer, a spaceman, and yeah, a casualty—like you, he’ll never
be free. But unlike you, he knows it—and when he goes down and his head
cracks in two, out pour the multi-colored manias that make up
Manipulator. Sour-sweet declarations featuring freaks and creeps alike:
“The Singer,” “The Faker,” “Mister Main,” “Susie Thumb,” the “Connection
Man,” and “The Crawler,” to name but a mutant fistful. To see these
peeps, to realize their dreams and visions, Ty kept working, kept
writing, laying down more tracks than ever. New musical expressions pop
and surprise relentlessly throughout all the knockout tunes of
Manipulator with many sounds in the mix — but most of all, SO many
guitars! There’s so little time, and a LOT to say. In order to ensure
that he got it all out, Ty called a few friends to fill in special parts
on certain songs. He got great touches from CHRIS WOODHOUSE (piano,
synth & percussion), SEAN PAUL PRESLEY (vocals), BRIT LAUREN MANOR
(vocals), STEVE NUTTING (drums), IRENE SALZER (violin), JESSICA IVRY
(cello), MATTHIAS MCENTIRE (viola) and the TY SEGALL BAND (MIKAL CRONIN,
CHARLES MOOTHEART, EMILY ROSE EPSTEIN). Plus, Mikal arranged the
strings—and everyone played awesomely. " - DRAG CITY(STREET DATE - 8/26/2014)